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<td>480/60i</td> <td>576/50i</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Pixels(horizontal×vertical)</td> <td>1920×1080<BR>1440×1080</td> <td>1280×720</td> <td>720×480</td> <td>720×576</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Aspect ratio</td> <td>16:9</td> <td>16:9</td> <td>4:3,16:9</td> <td>4:3,16:9</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Luminance<br>sampling frequency</td> <td>74.25MHz<br>55.7MHz</td> <td>74.25MHz</td> <td>13.5MHz</td> <td>13.5MHz</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Sampling structure</td> <td colspan="4">4:2:0</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Quantifying bit number</td> <td colspan="5">8bit(luminance/color contrast)</td> </TR> <TR> <th rowspan="6">Audio</th> <td>Compression technology</td> <td colspan="4">Dolby Digital(AC-3)</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Bit rate after compression</td> <td colspan="4">64~640kbps</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Audio channels</td> <td colspan="4">1~5.1channels</td> </TR> <TR> <td style="border-top:double;">Codec</td> <td style="border-top:double;" colspan="4">Linear PCM</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Bit rate</td> <td colspan="4">1.5Mbps(2channels)</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Audio channels</td> <td colspan="4">1~7.1channels</td> </TR> <TR> <th colspan="2">System</th> <td colspan="4">MPEG-2 Transport Stream</td> </TR> <TR> <th colspan="2">System bit rate</th> <td colspan="4">≦24Mbps<br>(≦18Mbps for DVD)</td> </TR> </TABLE><BR> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD class="body4"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align="center"> <TABLE width="580" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="body4"> <TR> <TD class="body4"> <BR> <TABLE width="580" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="body4h"> <TR> <TH colspan="2">Recording Media</TH> <TH colspan="2">Built-in Media/<BR>SD Memory Card/"Memory Stick"</TH> </TR> <TR> <th rowspan="7">1080/60p,50p<br>Video</th> <td>Compression technology</td> <td colspan="2">MPEG-4 AVC/H.264</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Video Signal</td> <td colspan="2">1080/60p<br>1080/50p</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Pixels(horizontal×vertical)</td> <td colspan="2">1920×1080<BR>1440×1080</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Aspect ratio</td> <td colspan="2">16:9</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Luminance sampling frequency</td> <td colspan="2">148.5MHz<br>111.4MHz</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Sampling structure</td> <td colspan="2">4:2:0</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Quantifying bit number</td> <td colspan="3">8bit(luminance/color contrast)</td> </TR> <TR> <th rowspan="7">Stereoscopic<br>Video</th> <td>Compression technology</td> <td colspan="2">MPEG-4 MVC/H.264</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Video Signal</td> <td>1080/60i<br>1080/50i<br>1080/24p</td> <td>720/60p<BR>720/50p</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Pixels(horizontal×vertical)</td> <td>1920×1080</td> <td>1280×720</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Aspect ratio</td> <td>16:9</td> <td>16:9</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Luminance sampling frequency</td> <td>74.25MHz</td> <td>74.25MHz</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Sampling structure</td> <td colspan="2">4:2:0</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Quantifying bit number</td> <td colspan="3">8bit(luminance/color contrast)</td> </TR> <TR> <th rowspan="6">Audio</th> <td>Compression technology</td> <td colspan="2">Dolby Digital(AC-3)</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Bit rate after compression</td> <td colspan="2">64~640kbps</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Audio channels</td> <td colspan="2">1~5.1channels</td> </TR> <TR> <td style="border-top:double;">Codec</td> <td style="border-top:double;" colspan="2">Linear PCM</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Bit rate</td> <td colspan="2">1.5Mbps(2channels)</td> </TR> <TR> <td>Audio channels</td> <td colspan="2">1~7.1channels</td> </TR> <TR> <th colspan="2">System</th> <td colspan="2">MPEG-2 Transport Stream</td> </TR> <TR> <th colspan="2">System bit rate</th> <td colspan="2">≦28Mbps</td> </TR> </TABLE><BR> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD class="body4"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align="center"><IMG src="../images/blank.gif" width="1" height="5" alt=""></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> <TR> <!---------//Footer//--------> <TD valign="top"><IMG src="/images/footer.jpg" width="165" height="15" alt=""></TD> <TD align="center"><IMG src="/images/copyright2024.gif" alt="Copyright 2006-2024 AVCHD Format 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